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Barood (transl. Gunpowder) is a 1976 Indian Bollywood action crime film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, with screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.[2] It stars Rishi Kapoor, Reena Roy and Shoma Anand in leading roles, with Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Ashok Kumar in supporting roles. The film was a commercial flop in India,[3] but went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union.[4]

Barood
Poster
Directed by	Pramod Chakravorty
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhowmick
Based on	The Summertime Killer by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Produced by	J.C. Bhagat H.S. Bhattacharya Jitu Thakar
Starring	Rishi Kapoor Reena Roy Shoma Anand Dharmendra Hema Malini Ashok Kumar
Cinematography	V.K. Murthy
Edited by	Narendra Arora
Music by	Sachin Dev Burman
Release date	2 April 1976 (1976-04-02)
Country	India
Language	Hindustani[1]
Box office	est. ₹19.32 crore ($23.52 million)

Cast

• Rishi Kapoor as Anup D. "Pappu" Saxena[5]
• Reena Roy as Sapna, Bakshi's assistant
• Shoma Anand as Seema Bakshi
• Dharmendra as Anup's Land lord
• Hema Malini as Anup's Land lady
• Ashok Kumar as Balraj Gupta, Criminologist
• Ajit as Bakshi
• Prem Chopra as Prem, Bakshi's Madrid associate
• Madan Puri as B. Puri – Bakshi's New York associate
• Sujit Kumar as Ratan – Bakshi's Las Vegas Associate
• Asrani as Hari Ramchandani / Harry Ramani – Veterinary surgeon

Music

1. "Dil Kaanto Mein Uljahaya Hai, Ek DushmanPe Pyar Aaya" – Lata Mangeshkar
2. "Samundar Samundar Yaha Se Waha Tak Ye Maujo Ki" – Lata Mangeshkar
3. "I Love You" – Asha Bhosle
4. "Bada Hi Khubsurat Is Jagah Ka Har Nazara Hai" – Kishore Kumar
5. "Tu Shaitano Ka Sardar Hai Sach Hai" – Shivangi Kolhapure, Mukesh

Production

It is claimed to be an uncredited remake of the 1972 Italian/Spanish/English film The Summertime Killer starring Christopher Mitchum and Olivia Hussey.^{[citation needed]}

Box office

Worldwide gross revenue (est.)

Territory	Gross revenue	Adjusted gross (2016)	Footfalls
Domestic (India)	₹2 crore[3] (US$2.27 million)[n 1]	US$11 million (₹67 crore)[7]	6.3 million[8]
Overseas (Soviet Union)	15 million Rbls[n 2] (US$21.25 million)[n 3] (₹17.32 crore)[n 4]	US$88 million (₹524 crore)[7]	60 million[9]
Worldwide	₹19.32 crore (US$23.52 million)	₹591 crore (US$88 million)	66.3 million

At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, Barood grossed ₹2 crore, with a net income of ₹1 crore. While it was the 17th highest-grossing film in India that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.[3]

Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it released in 1978 and topped the year's Soviet box office chart.[4] It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer Bobby) and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.[9] At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,[9][12] the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after Awaara, Bobby and Disco Dancer), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,[12] and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.[9][12] It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.[13]

See also

• List of highest-grossing Indian films
• List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets
• List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales

Notes

References

External links

• Barood at IMDb

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